Clothes-pin



H. M. BRYAN.

CLOTHES PIN.

- APPLICATION FILED 05c. 16, nus.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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HENRIETTA MAY BRYAN, OF THREE BRIDGES, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Application filed December 16, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRIETTA M. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Three Bridges, in the county of I-Iunterdon and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes pins and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device made of one piece of non-rusting material and having means for detachably connecting the same to the clothes line.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 1' Figure 1 is a perspective'view of the improved pin;

Fig. 2 is a side view.

As shown in these views the device is formed from a single strip of non-rusting metal or other suitable material. The strip is bent twice in opposite directions so as to produce the fork 1 and the loop 2. Adjacent the closed end of the fork the three parts of the strip are riveted together by the rivet 3. This will form a loop 4: at the closed end of the fork in which a small looped member 5 maybe placed for the purpose of stringing the pins together to secure them in bunches so that the pins may be sold at so much a bunch. Of course said loop member may be used for supporting the pin in other conditions. The loop 2 receives a loop member 5 to which is secured a short chain 6 and to the free end of this chain is secured a clasp 7. This clasp is adapted to engage the clothes line so as to Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 267,086.

secure the pin to the line when'the clothes have been removed. The fork secures the clothes to the line in the usual manner. When the fork is pulled from the line the pin will be suspended from said line by the chain and clasp so that the pin will remain on the line where it will be at hand when desired for use again. The rivet prevents the fork from opening too far. The improved pin is an improvement over the wooden pin as'it will not split as do the wooden pins and it is always on the line ready to receive the clothes.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A clothes pin made of a single strip of metal having its end parts bent upon itself, one end part being shorter than the other, said other end part being of the same length as the central unbent portion, a rivet for securing the three parts together adjacent the end of the said short part so as to form a fork and a short loop by the long end part and the central part and a long closed loop by the short and central parts.

2. A clothes pin made of a single strip ofmetal having its end parts bent upon itself, one end part being shorter than the other, said other end part being of the same length as the central unbent portion, a rivet for securing the three parts together adjacent the end of the said short part so as to form a fork, a short loop by the long end part and the central part and along closed loop by the short and central parts, and means connected to the pin for attaching the same to a clothes line.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRIETTA MAY BRYAN.

Copies of this'patent may beobtainedfor five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919. 

